Table 4.
DPPH• and ABTS•+ scavenging activities of leaf extracts from the L. shawii.
| Radical scavenging activity | Solvent extract |
Positive control |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aqueous | Methanol | Ethanol | Ethyl acetate | GSH | Trolox | ||
| DPPH• | IC50 (mgmL−1) | 0.7 | 0.06 | 0.1 | 0.07 | 0.005 | ND |
| 1/IC50 | 1.4 | 16.7 | 10.0 | 14.3 | 200 | ND | |
| ABTS•+ | IC50 (mgmL−1) | 0.15 | 0.007 | 0.075 | 0.015 | ND | 0.0025 |
| 1/IC50 | 6.6 | 142.8 | 13.3 | 66.7 | ND | 400 | |
ND: Not Detected; IC: Inhibitory Concentration; IC50, the concentration required to inhibit 50% of radical.